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  • Wooden crafts by female craftsmen

    Wooden crafts by female craftsmen

    Hakata Magemono is a wooden craft made by shaving a board of cedar or cypress, bending it with heat, and binding it with cherry bark. It is made by Ms....
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  • Handmade spatula scraped with a plane

    Handmade spatula scraped with a plane

    Today, we would like to introduce Okubohouse's Cooking spatula! Mr. Okubo works on woodwork products called "Kurimono", which are made by hollowing out a block of wood and carving it to...
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  • Cook's favorite grater !

    Cook's favorite grater !

    Have you ever used a copper grater? The copper grater is a hard pure copper plate plated with tin, and a craftsman carefully raises the blade at a glance using...
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  • Effective use of beech resources !

    Effective use of beech resources !

    Aomori Prefecture, where beech grows the most in Japan. The Shirakami Mountains, famous for their natural beech forests are registered as a World Natural Heritage Site.  BUNACO is a product...
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  • Beautiful woodworking technology!

    Beautiful woodworking technology!

    Do you know woodworking (woodturning) technology? There is a genre of woodworking that makes a shaving work by applying a knife to wood rotated at high speed. A woodworking lathe is...
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  • What is Shigaraki ware?

    What is Shigaraki ware?

      Shigaraki ware is a pottery made around Shigaraki Town, Koka City, Shiga Prefecture. Since clay and raw materials are mixed and kneaded with pottery soil, it is possible to...
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  • How to make miso soup

    How to make miso soup

    Hello! Japan has recently become a comfortable climate. Today, we introduce how to make simple miso soup. Miso soup is made by cooking ingredients such as tofu (bean curd) and...
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  • The charm of the copper pot

    The charm of the copper pot

      Do you know the characteristics of copper pots? They have two major features. - Thermal conductivity - Heat retention Today, we introduce the copper pot brand that professionals also love.   Nakamura...
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